Emanuel Villa
 Villa in the English city of Derby | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Emanuel Alejandro Villa | ||
| Date of birth | 24 February 1982 | ||
| Place of birth | Casilda, Santa Fe, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2001–2003 | Huracán | 45 | (10) |
| 2003–2004 |
Atlético Rafaela | 24 | (10) |
| 2004–2006 | Rosario Central | 43 | (18) |
| 2006–2007 |
Atlas | 30 | (15) |
| 2007–2008 |
UAG | 33 | (13) |
| 2008–2009 |
Derby County | 46 | (5) |
| 2009–2012 | Cruz Azul | 93 | (51) |
| 2012 |
UNAM | 13 | (3) |
| 2013–2015 | UANL | 42 | (11) |
| 2015 |
→ Querétaro (loan) | 37 | (18) |
| 2016–2018 |
Querétaro | 41 | (10) |
| 2018 |
→ Celaya (loan) | 5 | (1) |
| Total | 452 | (165) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Emanuel Alejandro Villa (born 24 February 1982)[1] is an Argentine former professional footballer. He is a Mexican naturalized citizen.[2]
He previously played for
Career
Early career in Argentina and Mexico
Villa started his career at
After the disappointment of relegation with Rafaela, Villa returned to the Primera the following season by joining
Derby County
Villa signed for Premier League side Derby County on 4 January 2008 in a £2million deal. The move proved to be a controversial one as César Luis Menotti, then coach of Tecos, was not informed of Villa being sold. Villa signed a 3+1⁄2-year contract with the Rams and made his debut in a 1–0 home defeat against Wigan Athletic. He scored his first goal on 2 February 2008, with a last minute headed equaliser from a Dean Leacock cross, in a 1–1 draw away at Birmingham City.[3] His first home goals came with a brace in a 2–2 draw with Fulham on 29 March 2008. His first a deflection from a Dean Leacock shot, his second a header after Mile Sterjovski crossed. However, a draw was not enough to help Derby survive relegation. It was the earliest a team had been relegated from the Premier League.
Villa's first goal of the 08/09 season came against
Return to Mexico
On 30 June 2009 he was linked with a move to Mexican club
Villa enjoyed a successful start to his Cruz Azul career, his first goals of the Mexico Apertura season came in a 3–0 win at
On 22 August Villa played his first Mexico City Derby match "Clasico Joven", between
Villa scored four goals on 19 September 2009, in a game Cruz Azul won 4–2, over "Gladiadores" de San Luis. This was the first time he scored more than three goals in a game, the first three being for Derby County in a League Cup match against Brighton & Hove Albion.. After this game he has 10 goals in the tournament, and averages 1.1 goals per match.
Villa scored his first goal in el torneo Bicentenario against his former team Atlas in a 3–1 win. He then began his goal streak scoring in the next game against San Luis in a 2–1 win. He then scored his first pair against Toluca in a 3–2 win.
As of July 2011, Emanuel Villa has become one of the Top All-Time Scorers for Cruz Azul Team with 50 goals for the team. On 19 May 2012, his contract with Cruz Azul was over and both parties weren't able to end on an agreement, and on 24 May 2012 he was transferred to
Tigres UANL
On 15 November 2012, after a poor season with Pumas he signed with
Querétaro
On 29 December 2015, Querétaro announced that they reached an agreement with the player to sign him in a two-year contract with an option of one more at the end of the perspective one.
Celaya
On 14 December 2017,
Goals with Cruz Azul
Appearances and goals for Cruz Azul as of 19 April 2012.[13]
| Club | Season | League | Liguilla | CONCACAF
|
Libertadores | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Cruz Azul | |||||||||||
2009–10
|
33 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 3 | - | - | 48 | 28 | |
11
|
34 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 8 | - | - | 49 | 23 | |
12
|
26 | 14 | 2 | 0 | - | - | 5 | 1 | 33 | 15 | |
| Total | - | 93 | 51 | 14 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 130 | 66 |
Personal life
Villa and his wife Virginia have two children, Alessandro and Stefano.[14] His nickname "Tito", was given by his grandfather. He is a fan of his former team Rosario Central.
Honours
Club
- Querétaro
- Apertura 2016
- Supercopa MX: 2017
Individual
- Liga MX Golden Boot (2): Apertura 2009, Apertura 2015
- CONCACAF Champions League Golden Boot: 2015–16
References
- ^ "LIGA MX – Página Oficial de la Liga Mexicana del Fútbol Profesional".
- ^ "Emanuel Villa, orgulloso de ser mexicano". mediotiempo.com.
- ^ "Rams sign Argentine striker Villa". BBC Sport. 4 January 2008. Retrieved 4 January 2008.
- ^ "Breaking news: Tito to join Mexican club". Derby Telegraph. 30 June 2009. Archived from the original on 9 March 2014. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
- ^ "Tito set to leave Rams for £1.7m". Derby Telegraph. 1 July 2009. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
- ^ "Striker Villa heads back to Mexico". therams.co.uk. 2 July 2009. Archived from the original on 5 July 2009.
- ^ "Pumas 0-3 Cruz Azul... La Máquina le pegó al Campeón en CU". mediotiempo.com.
- ^ "Gana y gusta en casa 2-0". Cruz Azul. 8 August 2009. Archived from the original on 1 March 2012. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
- ^ "Match: Herediano v Cruz Azul – CONCACAF Champions League – ESPN Soccernet". Archived from the original on 4 June 2011.
- ^ "Cruz Azul 2 – 3 América". Archived from the original on 6 April 2012. Retrieved 26 August 2009.
- ^ "Cruz Azul 4-2 San Luis...'Tito' Villa fue voraz y le metió cuatro goles a..." mediotiempo.com.
- ^ "Tito Villa, dos veces campeón de goleo, al Ascenso con Celaya" [Tito Villa, two-time top goalscorer, to Ascenso with Celaya] (in Spanish). 14 December 2017. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
- ^ "Emanuel Villa – Pumas". Archived from the original on 29 September 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
- ^ "¡Lo presentan ante Dios! 'Tito' Villa y su esposa bautizaron a su hijo". Archived from the original on 9 March 2014. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
External links
- Emanuel Villa – Liga MX stats at MedioTiempo.com (archived) (in Spanish)
- Emanuel Villa at Soccerbase
- Argentine Primera statistics at Fútbol XXI (in Spanish)
